Doggy Paddle... sort of

Brianna "swimming":

Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Here's a few pics from my last dive. Not the greatest or most exciting, but... If you buy a cheap camera, you don't get very good pictures. Huh, go figure?

Head! Mooove! Now!

Does this picture make my head look big?

The four guys on the back row are all brothers from the Miara family. We know them from karate class. They all came over with their families for Sunday dinner. It was fun. They brought 3 things to eat: gyoza, which are AKA potstickers; inarisushi, which is balls of sticky, pickled rice with ginger wrapped in a tofu pocket; soy pudding with black sugar sauce. All three were quite tasty I thought.

That night, I cried myself to sleep on my huge pilla'.

Fantasy Island

A few weeks ago we discovered our own little fantasy island. And while there were no midgets to greet us, it was nevertheless pretty sweet. So when I say "island" I mean a small rock that is separated by water from the big rock that is Okinawa. And when I say small, I mean about 1/2 mile long. At low tide, we walked through a hundred yards or so of relatively shallow water. At high tide, you might have to swim a little. But we were the only ones on that island. We spent most of the day walking around the island and exploring. There were even some goats up on top of the cliffs. We snorkeled around a bit. Of course, here are some pics of the adventure...